Razor



mammal. -J. P. LEBO'LD.

. RAZOR.

No ."576,862. 4 PatentdPeb.9,1897.

I Witnesses. Inventor.

l I V 4 Attorney.

. UNITED STATES P TE T OFFICE.

JESSEP. LEBOLD, .OF PHILADELPHIA, P N LVANIA. i

Rhzo srncIrIcArIoiv forming m of. Letters I Patent No. 576,862,"date'd February 9, I897.

" Application filed June 2 7,

To all whom zit-may concern.-

Be it known that I, JESSE P. LEBOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Penn- I sylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a specification. w -My invention relates to razors; and .the obj ect of my improvements is to adapt the ordinary form' for use to the bestadvantage under all conditions. J It is well known that it is a diflicult matter for Inost'persons to shave themselves at certain parts of the face or neck, owing to thefact that they cannot present the edge of the razor properly to such parts with the ease which is possible to the barber, who can shift his own position so as to operate to-the best advantage. By means of my improvements in construction this difficulty is entirelyovercome. I

The invention isfnlly described in connec-- tionwith the accompanying drawings, and the Y novel featuresarespecifically pointed out'in the claims. Figure 1 isa side elevation of an open razor embodying my invent-ion, a portion only of the handle being shown. Fig. 2 shows an edge view of the blade set at an angleto the tang, the handle being indicated in cross-section. Fig. 3 shows separately the shank end of the =blade. Fig. 4. shows the hinge end of the tang, and Fig. 5 shows the movable stop.

edge to receive the proj'ection'd' on themov able stop D, hereinafter referred tm The tang C is formed separatelyfromthe blade B, but is pivoted usual manner. v 1

The blade B is formed with a shank b, of rectangular cross-section, adapted to enter a jaw c at the outer end of the separately formed tang 0, already referred to, to which latter the blade is pivoted by means of .avert-ical pin a, on which it turns transversely in either direction; that is, at right angles to the movement of the. tang C, on its pivotal connection a, with the handle A.

' e In order to provide for retaining the hinged handlewhen the The handle -A is of ordinary form except that it maybe provided-with a notch (tin the at a to the handle in the Serial Nate-7, 47. ,(Nomodeh) blade at any desired angle to the. tang, I in I the first place form the jaw insncha way 1 as to cause it to naturally, spring tightly upon the shank b, and in the second place'l provide a stop to positively preventthe movement of the blade when desired. This stop consists, essentially, of a pin D, which slidesfreely in a longitudinal direction, in a recess provided inthe tang to the rear of the jaw c, in connection with which is em ployed a spring E for normally pressing the pin ontwardand a projection d from the pin sliding in a slot 0' in the tang, by means of which the stop is forced inward'againstthe tension of the spring to release the blade. The latter is engaged by the outer end def the stop, which, as shown, is formed withan end adapted to engage either of a series of serrations or depressions 6', formed in. the extreme end of the shank b: The blade may thusbelocked in 'eitherof a variety of positions, if desired, as

indicated by the dotted lines-in Fig. 2.

- I do'not desire-to limit myself to the particular construction shown, as it may evidently'be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention. 3

What I claim is- 1. A razor comprising a handle, rately-formed tang a sepapivotedin said handle to swing in a line parallel therewith, and a blade pivoted to oneend of the tang to swing in either direction transversely of the tang and blade is open, substantially as specified. 2. A razor comprising. a handle, a sepaatdy-f rmQQP l g. pivoted in said handle to swing in a line "parallel therewith, and having "a jaw formed at one end thereof, a blade pivoted in saidjaw to swing transversely of the tang and handle in either direction when the blade is open,a'nd a spring-actuated stop to lock the blade at the desired angle to the tang, substantially as specified.

3. A razor-comprising a handle, a separately-formed tang pivoted in the handle to swing in-a line parallel therewith, said, tang having a spring-jawat one end and a longitudinal recess extending rearwardly from the jaw, a blade pivoted in the jaw to swing transversely of the tang and the handle in either direction whenv the blade is open, said. blade In testimony whereof l alfin'ni y signature havingaseries o f depressions in the extreme in presence of two witnesses.

end of itsshank and a spring-actuated pin a r supported in the recess in the tang' to nor- JESSE 1 mally engage one of the depressions in the- XVitnesses:

shank of the blade, substantially as and for ADAM L. ()TTERBEIN,

the purpose specified. V. G. STEWART. 

